Patents by Inventor Leonidas Skarlos

Leonidas Skarlos has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Coal slurry monitor means and method
    Patent number: 4390957
    Abstract: A monitor receives a slurry of coal and water and provides an output signal corresponding to the coal content of the slurry. The monitor includes sensing apparatus which senses the hydrogen content of the water in the slurry and provides a corresponding signal. A circuit supplies a signal corresponding to the hydrogen content of water. An output network provides the output signal corresponding to the coal content of the slurry in accordance with the signals from the sensing apparatus and the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1983
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Leonidas Skarlos, Roger M. Dille
  • On-line oil-in-wax monitoring apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4357667
    Abstract: An on-line oil-in-wax monitor includes a sampling device which samples a stream of a liquid wax and oil mixture periodically to provide samples. The wax in each sample is solidified. Sensing apparatus senses the oil in each sample and provides a corresponding sensed oil signal. The oil content of the stream is then indicated in accordance with the sensed oil signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventor: Leonidas Skarlos